Land-roller.



No. 725,445. PATENTED APR, 14, 1903. F. HORNB.

-LAND ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26,1992.

NOHMODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0..7z5,445, PATENTED APR, 14 190s.

RHORNE.'

4 LANDROLLER.

PPPP ICATION FILED JULY 26 17902.

2 WW W19 f W e a itilmmw "ii `duce a new and improved land-roller which UNITED STATES FRED HoE'NEfoE NORTH PATENT EEICE.

MANCHESTER, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION Vforming part of Letters 4 Application filed July 26, 1902.

provements in Land-Rollers,'of which the fol- Y.

lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to land-rollers; and the primary object thereof is to produce a new and improved device of this character having the peripheries'of the rollers thereof so constructed that they will'have a shearing, pulveriZing, and packing effect upon the soil and also a tendency to evenly distribute the soil laterally from a central point of the machine, whereby all liability of a clod becoming forced into the loose soil without becoming crushed or the periphery of the rollers `becoming clogged and rendered useless is obviated.

A further object of the invention is to pro;

will be cheap, durable, and efficient. Y

The invention consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a land-roller constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a central'longi-v tudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. -3 is a top plan view of the land-roller. Fig. 4 is detail central longitudinal sectional view of one of the rollers and alsoa fragmentary view of the shaft. I j l 1 designates a frame preferably constructedl of a single piece of angleliron bent to form a rectangular frame and centrally-disposed forwardly-extending arms 2. Thecons'truction of the frame from angle-iron provides the same' with vertically and horizontally dis-` posed iianges 3 and 4, respectively. The arms 2 are adapted to receive therebetween, to give to the land-roller a central draft, a tongue 5, which is secured in applied position by any suitable fastening means, such as bolts 6, passing through the vertical flange 3, the tongue being supplied with Va suitable draft device 7. The frame is divided into compartments of equal size for the reception of landrollers to space them apart by means of a vertically-disposed partition 8, having the ends Patent No. 725,445, dated Aprnm, 1903.

Serial No. 117,104. (No model.)

thereof horizontally disposed and provided with perforations, through which pass fastening means 9 to secure the' forward and rear-` ward ends thereof to the tongue and the hori- Zontal fia'nge 4, respectively.

A seat-post 10 is secured to the tongue 5 by the V fastening means 9 Iand extends rearwardly to place a seat 11 carried thereby over the longitudinal center of the frame l, Whereby the Weight of the occupant of the seat is borne by the longitudinal center of the roll` ers to assist in the shearing, pulverizing, and packing effect thereof. The post 10 is pro- -vided between the ends thereof withsuitable footfrests 12.

13 designates bearing-boxes secured to the horizontal flange 4 of the frame 1 by fastening means 14 to place the rectangular bearings 15 thereof in the longitudinal center of the frame and which also aline with a per? foration 16 in the partition 8. The bearings have rigidly mounted therein the rectangular endsof a shaft 17,having journaled thereon tion 8 and which aresuitably spaced from the bearing-blocks 13 and the partition8 by collars 19, carried bythe shaft 17.

' yThe peripheries of the rollers 18 are formed withspirally-arranged inverted-Vsh aped ribs 20 and intervening grooves 21, inclined in opposite directionsV from the center of the frame, whereby the rollers have a tendency to evenly distributethe soil, which will folriedfrom the center of the machine to .the opposite ends `thereof. The vertices of the ribs20'provide'pnlverizing edges 2,2, which will when' brought into contact with the soil eectually pulverize the same and causeit to follow the inclination of the grooves and be conveyed from the center of the machine to the opposite ends thereof.

It will be perceived that from the 'pulverizing effect of the edges 22 andthe distriblow the inclinations of the grooves and be caruting eect ofthe grooves 21 all liability of clods being forced beneath the. surface is obviated and that the soil will be thoroughly and effectively pulverized.

The rollers are composed of a plurality of intermediate tubular sections adapted to be secured between end sections through the medium of rods 23, passing longitudinally IOO . 75 f rollers 18, situated at each side of the partif through the fellies of the sections, and mounted upon the outer ends of the rods are nuts which detachably secure the sections in relative position. The intermediate sections and the end section, adjacent to which is an intermediate section, have the inner peripheries thereof provided with downwardly-bent and laterally-projecting lugs 24:, cOncavo-con- Vex in cross-sections to correspond to the inner peripheries of the adjacent sections with which they engage to assist the rods in preventing the sections having any relative movements. The end sections are provided with hubs 25, adapted to receive the axle to journal the rollers thereon. The hubs have radiating therefrom spokes 26, supporting the fellies Of said sections.

It will be perceived that the rollers may have their width increased or diminished by removing the rods and adding or removing one or more of the `intermediate sections.

The peripberies of the sections have arranged thereon at an acute angle with relation to the transverse center thereof a plurality of inverted-Vshaped ribs A,which when the sections are secured together to form the rollers bring the ribs A into alinement, thereby forming the spirally-arranged ribs 2O and intervening grooves 21. The rollers are of a weight sufficient to give to them a packing eect.

It is obvious from the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I provide a land-roller which will produce the desired results and also one that is cheap, durable, and efficient.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. In a land-roller, the combination with a frame, of a shaft carried thereby, a roller comprising a plurality of tubular sections provided with ribs adapted to form spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves, the end sections being provided with hubs to receive the shaft, and means for securing the sections together.

2. In a land-roller, the combination with a frame, of a shaft secured thereto, a plurality of sections secured together to form a roller adapted to be journaled upon the shaft, and ribs carried by the sections to provide spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves.

In a land-roller, the combination with a frame, of a shaft secured thereto, a plurality of sections secured together to form a roller adapted to be journaled upon the shaft, means for securing the sections together, and ribs carried by the sections to provide spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves.

4. In a land-roller, the combination with a frame, of a shaft secured thereto, a plurality of sections secured together to form a roller adapted to be journaled upon the shaft, and ribs arranged at an acute angle on the sections to provide spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves.

5. In a land-roller, the combination with a frame, of a shaft carried thereby, a roller comprising a plurality of sections provided with ribs adapted to form spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves, and rods adapted to pass through the sections to secure the sections together.

6. In a land-roller, the combination with a frame, of a shaft carried thereby, a roller comprising a plurality of sections provided with ribs adapted to form spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves,rods passing through the sections to secure them together, and lugs carried by the sections and adapted to engage the adjacent sections.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a landroller comprising a plurality of sections provided with ribs adapted to form spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves when the sections are brought together.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a landroller comprising a plurality of sections provided with angularly-disposed ribs adapted to form spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves when the sections are brought to-` gether.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a landroller comprising a plurality Of sections provided with ribs, and means for securing the sections together to permit Of the ribs forming spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves.

l0. Asa new article of manufacture, a landroller comprising a plurality of tubularsections provided with ribs adapted to form spirally-arranged ribs and intervening grooves, the end sections being provided with hubs,and means for securing the sections together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` FRED I-IORNE. Witnesses:

LLOYD HOPKINS, JOHN ISENBARGER. 

